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NFL Week 2 2026 Picks & Predictions | Lions-Bills, Bengals-Texans & More · Banter with the Boys

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Get laced up. Let's go. It's time for Banter
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with the Boys. Welcome back to Banter with the
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Boys. Gridiron updates. This is the week to preview
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and picks. We have a guest with us tonight. We're
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super excited to hear his takes on his picks.
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Jake is also still here. Yeah, I am. Jake is
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here. Roberto is here. What did you say? I didn't
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say his name. No, you didn't. It's quiet. Quiet.
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I said Mr. Consistency. I got you. I picked you
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up. All right, we'll call him that. I appreciate
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you. In the first couple episodes, his name is
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Dom. He went 4 -0 in his picks, right? Yeah.
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Yeah. No. Yeah, he did. He didn't want to say
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it. Anyway, anyway, anyway. We'll see how this
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week's going. I'm about to go 0 -4. That's right.
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Kev's here, as always, as well. We might as well
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just kick this thing off. Just not waste any
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time. The Lions traveling to the Bills. The Bills
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are opening their stadium. The new stadium. Hi,
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Mark. That people are upset about. Because apparently
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there's bad sight lines. They're like, how did
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you not think of this when you were building
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it? That's what I mean. There's always going
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to be some... Are you really going to be watching
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the game on the field? No, you're going to be
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watching it on all of the screens that are around
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you at the stadium. Four and a half favorites
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by the Bills. There's a good moment to put it
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in. That conversation is going nowhere. It was.
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Who wants to start? Who wants to start us off?
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All right, I'll do it. So, you know, both coming
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off a win. Okay, okay. Maybe feel themselves
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a little bit. Maybe not so much for the Lions
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because maybe that was a little closer than they
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had anticipated. The Saints played them tough.
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Although we saw the Saints towards the end of
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the season last year playing tough. So we won't
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talk about the Saints yet because we'll talk
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about them in a little bit. Anyway, Bills won
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a toughie, you know, in a possible AFC playoff.
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matchup that we could see later in the season.
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Very great. It was a really good game. Solid.
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Oh, man. Opening a new stadium. You know, I don't
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know. There's something about these Lions, though,
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that they do... Well, the roar is restored. No.
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It's... It's... No, I don't. It's more like a
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roar. That's the old Lions. Oh, my God. I don't
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think the roar has necessarily been restored.
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But I do like what the Lions bring to the table.
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I really like Jameer Gibbs, obviously. And I
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just think he's going to have another big day
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like he did against the Saints. I don't think
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the Bills are just that defense just doesn't
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seem ready to handle a running back. Like him,
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like, yes, they played Montgomery, but it's not
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Gibbs, though, right? Gibbs is a little bit different
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playmaker. We love talking about him on the show,
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but I'm going to ride the Detroit Lions this
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game. What is Vegas? Four and a half. Four and
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a half. Four of the Bills, right? Yeah. Yeah.
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So, yeah, I don't know. I'd assume. I'd assume
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just because they're home. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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But I'm going Lions. I'll probably be the only
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one up here, to be honest. We need to take a
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risk. I'm going to throw it all through right
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away. I'm going Bills on the other aspect. But
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the Lions, this is going to be a shootout like
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last week. 31 -30, just Bills versus Texans.
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It's just going to be a fun shootout. Like Gibbs,
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I think that offense looks... It was a good opening
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to go against the Saints. And then they're, I
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think, an up -and -coming squad. Who? The New
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Orleans. Yeah, for sure. And, yeah, late, they
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probably got into prevent defense, and they kind
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of slid back in. where the Saints actually are
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the best part of their offense is probably with
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Olave and some of their crew going on right now.
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Yeah, that big injury, too, was that we talked
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about the D -tackle towards Quad. Or no, that
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was for the Falcons. Or Falcons, sorry. Yeah,
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it'll be a fun up -and -down game, but I think
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Josh Allen's just going to give them, it'll be
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interesting with Hutch. On that side, he likes
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to play on that side, which is in the face of
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Josh Allen and whether he has to step up. So
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that's always going to be an interesting challenge
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for the Bills and where they line up. So, yeah,
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I just think it's going to be a shootout. Both
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teams are good. Both teams can win this game.
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But I'm just going to go home. New high mark,
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34 -31. Yeah, yeah. Greg Rousseau had a good
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game last week. That's who I'm watching on the
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Bills side, by the way. I just want to throw
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that out there. Go for it, though. Hey, we open
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up the new stadium this week, Buffalo Bills.
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circle the wagon circle the wagon like the old
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buffalo bills we're gonna take the bills this
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week for me i mean this is just gonna be another
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like we're just gonna pretty much go off a couple
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of rob's takes with the uh high scoring uh two
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good offenses but for me i just think it's gonna
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come down to josh allen making those extra big
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plays coming down like third third down, and
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then the goal line. Because, I mean, he's an
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X factor when it comes to the red zone. That's
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one thing that the difference between him and
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Jared Goff when it comes to the red zone is he's
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a huge X factor when it comes down to just he's
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going to put his body on the line. He's going
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to get in the end zone how he has to do it. And
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then. Kincaid is gonna He was giving me a little
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hypo song But uh Kincaid he had a solid week
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last week with over 120 on the on the receiving
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side But, yeah, we're going to circle the wagon
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like the Buffalo Bills. Go ahead, Jake. So we've
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got Lions, Bills, Bills. Which way are you going
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to even us out, Jake? Or are we going to go 3
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-1 here? I like the idea of evening it out. Yes,
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you do. Because, I mean, Buffalo had a really
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tight game against the Texans. And the Texans
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have a pretty talented offense, really more on
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the wide receiver side. And they were able to
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contain Montgomery pretty well. But the Lions
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have a... more dynamic offense than the Texans
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do as far as their wide receiver depth and then
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Jameer Gibbs he like he's a firecracker just
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ready to like explode go off and I think Buffalo
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is going to struggle with containing Jameer Gibbs
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so but I also don't feel good about the Lions
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defense right now because you've got Shuck who's
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Played amazing at the back half of his rookie
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year. Obviously, this past week, he showed up
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in the second half. Yeah. Not the first half.
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I'd like to see Shuck play a complete game. Right.
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But that's a conversation for another time. So
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I have some concerns about the Lions' defense
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being able to contain Josh Allen, DJ Moore. Sweet
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catch on the end. I think he's going to be a
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really good number one for that team that they
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needed. That's not going to be, hopefully, a
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drama queen bringing attention to the core. Kincaid,
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too, really solid weapon. So I like the idea
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of it being a shootout. Probably wouldn't be
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surprised if we see one of the teams hit 40.
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At the end of the day, though, it's new high
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markets, Thursday night football, brand -new
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stadium. Bill's Mafia is going to be off the
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hook. Always changing directions. The wind, here
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we are. So, yeah, I'm taking Buffalo because
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it's the fans. It's the fans. They're going to
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be busting through tables all day on Thursday.
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Off the top ropes. Jacob comes in 3 -1. Hey,
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that's fine. Hey, that's fine. One of us has
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to be different. No, one of us has to be different.
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I'm fine with it. I'm cool with it. That's why
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I'm not going first this time. The Bengals traveling
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to the Texans at home for our second game. Roberto,
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you are starting with this one, my friend. Oh,
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yeah? Yeah. You might as well give us Vegas.
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So we got Texans by three. Really? Yep. I mean,
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this is a really fun and interesting matchup.
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The Texans defense probably considered top three
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in the NFL versus NFL. High power Bengals offense
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started off for last week. Nicely had a couple
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of touchdowns early, got up and kind of finished
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out that game. So. But I think it's just going
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to be a little different. CJ Stroud, I like the
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Nico Collins connections that they kind of started
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lately. The add in Montgomery I knew was going
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to be a nice piece, especially in the red zone.
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So that is definitely a Texans. I still think
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they're a little bit better than the Bengals.
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The matchups in the secondary are just going
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to be fun to watch all day. But I think the Texans
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at home are going to sneak this one out. It's
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going to be 20, we're going to go low 20s by
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a point or two, but it should be a fun defensive
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battle. It's just going to be a great matchup
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week two. Great matchup week two. I'm sorry,
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you said who? Good thing I listened. You said
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Texans. Texans, okay. I'm going to disagree with
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you. Well, you have to. Yeah, I have to. I'm
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going to go with the old Bengals. Tell me why.
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Yeah, the reason why is some of those veteran
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additions on the defense, they seem to show up
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a little bit. in that game against Tampa Bay
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in which if they don't have some of those additions,
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I don't think they beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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So I think we're starting to see that addition
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already make a difference for the Bengals. We
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know who Joe Burrow is. It was okay. Jamar Chase
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was almost nonexistent. But T. Higgins had an
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okay game, and I think Gusecki had a decent game
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too. So I think if you can get Chase Brown established
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early. for the Bengals against that defense that
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we know is pretty solid in Houston. I think the
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Bengals can do just enough to win, but I think
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it's close. You know, 6 -7 point game. 6 -7?
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Oh, my God. But one possession game, one possession
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game. Jake? Aw, man, I'm next? That's right.
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All right, that's fine. I don't know. I'm still
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thinking about who I want to pick. You want to
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go with Dom? No, I don't want to go with Dom.
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I mean, I appreciate the offer. You have that
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power. Right. You want a fun fact quick before
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you go? Sure. I love a fun fact. Yeah. Houston's
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head coach, D 'Amico Ryan, scored his first career
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NFL defensive touchdown against the Bengals.
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Well, there you have it. So what are you going
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to do with that information? Yeah. Really mess
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up your pick. I love it. I think something that
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the Bengals fans have to be excited about was
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Joe Burrow didn't play a great game last week,
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and Jamar Chase, as you alluded to, non -existent.
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They still pulled out a win against a Buccaneers
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team slash defense that's probably above average,
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but they're aging. I'm agreeing. I'm hoping he
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goes Bengals here. But he always baits me, too.
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So I end up looking like an idiot more so than
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normal. Sorry. Go on. Sorry. Got you right where
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I want you. That's right. This is going to be
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a fun cut on the reel. It is. It is. The Texas
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defense is still way too strong, even with Toa.
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There we go. They just signed Kenneth Walker
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40 minutes ago to the practice squad, by the
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way. Wait, canine? No, not Kenneth Walker. God,
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dude. And the one time I called him Kenneth,
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too. Usually I call him Kemba Walker. No, they
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signed Kenneth Murray, I'm sorry, to the practice
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squad, which I'd assume gets elevated to play.
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Yeah, possibly. Anyway. Unbelievable. I don't.
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Fun fact for me. For me, the jury is still out
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on the Bengals' defense. It's been one week.
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They looked really good against Tampa Bay, but
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I don't know if that's something that can be
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consistent because they also had Tampa Bay had
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the three fumbles, too. That kind of played a
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lot into that. I'm taking Texans. I think their
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offense is dynamic. Double gap blitz right at
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the Millie's sock. They showed it, too. I know.
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It's like a beef flow or something. Or is it
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love? Never mind. I can't even look at them right
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now. All right. All right. Jackson, Dom. Finish
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the Texans. All right. Don't worry, Don will
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take Bengals for you. No, he won't. No, he won't.
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Some of the things you like about the Bengals.
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Things I like about the Bengals, obviously, plain
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example is Joe Burrow just being who Joe Burrow
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is. But. No, I'm going to ride with the Bengals,
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man. Let me go with Smelty this week. Let's go,
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my guy. This is more of a hard pick at this point
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because I love Smelty. You need a sympathy pick.
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Not a sympathy pick. You're carrying a lot of
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weight there. I feel confident in Joe Burrow,
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and I feel like this week is going to be a week
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where you're going to force feed Jamar Chase,
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and when you force feed Jamar Chase, he's going
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to make plays. And, I mean, Houston Texans, great
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defense. But, I mean, let's see how the way that
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Houston Texans game ended. Come on, man. I had
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to do better than that, CJ Strong. Yeah. A whole
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different conversation then. First and half.
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It's not. I'd still be picking the Bengals right
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now. But Bengals. Roar. For the W. All right,
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all right. With heart. With heart. We're split
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across the board here at the banter. Kevin, who
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are you picking? Just a shot in the dark. Bengals
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or Texans? Since there's a tiebreak, yeah. And
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Kevin's always undefeated. That's true. You just
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did meow. Right meow. Saints. Go ahead. Traveling
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to play the Baltimore Ravens. The Shuckster.
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Eight and a half, Vegas. Did we make Dom start
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yet? No. No. Dom, you start. No. We have now.
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All right, man. This is one of my favorite quarterbacks
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in the NFL. Shuck or Lamar? I like Shuck. I've
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always liked Lamar, but I just like how Shuck
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is right now. I would have been impressed if
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you said Shuck over Lamar. Like, wow, okay. I
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went out of my way to draft Shuck in my dynasty
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league this year. He's great for the future.
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I'm going to go with an upset this week. I just
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feel like the Saints, Kellen Moore. I feel like
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he's got it. That's the head coach, right? Sorry,
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guys. It's okay. You got it right. I feel like
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he went for it when he could have hit a field
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goal last week in overtime to keep it going in
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overtime, but he wanted to go for the dub. Last
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week, we didn't get it. This week, I can see
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it happening. It's going to be very tough. It's
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going to be an uphill battle. We're not talking
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about it's going to be... the saints running
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away with the game it's gonna be the shuckster
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coming down fourth quarter with a minute and
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a half and he's gonna throw a dart to olave that's
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what we're talking about if it doesn't happen
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and the ravens just pile drive them that's good
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too but we'll take the saints by a point Last
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second field goal? Last second field goal, something
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like that. Roberto. Our pick six. What is our
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Vegas on this one? Eight and a half. The Ravens.
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The over -under is 47, which is middle of the
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pack. It's lower than the first game, the Bills
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-Lions we talked about. There's some injuries
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in this game, a little bit. I'm looking on right
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now, Baltimore has got Buchanan and Minbach.
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What's his name? I'm messing it up. The defensive
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lineman out with a neck injury. Oh, yeah. And
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then on the offensive side, the Saints are a
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little bit. And then they also Cameron Jordan's
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out. The tight ends out. They're a little banged
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up. And I just don't know if the Saints defense
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can fully handle the running game. And the last
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time they played. Baltimore absolutely shut down
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the Saints running game, and that's going to
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be a lot of weight on Chuck's shoulders and Olave.
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Probably fantasy -wise, it'll look good, because
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I think Baltimore might get up early, and it's
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going to be like the last week versus the Lions,
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where in the second half, they started getting
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those comeback points, which Olave's nice. I'm
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going to go with the Ravens. Right on. Right
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on. I also have to go Ravens this week, and it's
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mostly just because of Derrick Henry. That dude
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had a ridiculous game last week. King Henry's
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off to a fast start. Didn't look like he was
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going to slow down either and could have played
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a second game immediately after. So I'm going
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to go ahead and say that he's going to do that
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in this game. Very similar vibe I get from the
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Saints defense. Not sure if the players in the
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box. are going to be enough to be able to stop
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Derrick Henry in his favorite area. God, what
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was it? I saw some crazy stat about his yards
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after contact is more than. Like a couple of
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solid dudes, like whole careers. Right. And I
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was just like, oh, my God. Like just so tough
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to specimen. Yes. Watching him run. Just watching
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him like just watching the Aaron Donald talk.
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Write it down. Jake, you're not flocking. What
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do you mean? I'm not flocking. You're not flocking.
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You're taking the Saints. I'm not. No, we already
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knew that I was picking. picking the Ravens for
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this game when we were doing the week one preview.
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In the week one recap. Yeah, in the week one
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recap. Thanks for the correction there. I'll
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give you some facts, though, as to why I think
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that's going to be the case. Yeah, fun facts.
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I love those. Are they better than Rob's fun
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facts? No, they're not better than Rob's. But
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anyway, so Jameer Gibbs absolutely torched the
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Saints. So, again, I think Derrick Henry, as...
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just as dynamic but in a different way, just
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as a bulldozer. Then you've got to play Lamar
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like he's Gibbs. Yeah, so you've got that. Again,
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I'm not necessarily too worried about the injuries
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to Flowers and Jacoby Lane because then we could
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just play more focus on Derrick Henry. You probably
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even see some more of Mark Andrews who played
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pretty well. Arguably, he has a lot of focus
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on him. You're saying from the defense, do you
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think they're going to put more focus on Derrick
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Henry rather than your receiving player? Because
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of injuries? Well, I think the Saints defense
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will, but also I think the Ravens game plan will
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continue. We will see more focus on that, probably
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even more play action, which is going to just
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bring the defense up, and then they'll be able
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to just dump over the top with Bateman, with
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Mark Andrews. They might be able to pull a couple
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of deep shots with Coleman. That's hard to say,
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but I do think we're going to see a lot of Derrick
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Henry. And then that Ravens defense against a
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young quarterback. Last week, 77 % of their defensive
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snaps they were playing in the zone. And they
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only blitzed 23 % of the time, yet they were
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still pretty effective with actually getting
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pressure on Daniel Jones. And a lot of that had
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to do with Trey Hendrickson. We've been really
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quiet about that addition. But Trey Hendrickson
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has been, although no sacks, when he was in and
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rushing. the Ravens had a 50 % pressure rate
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with him in the game. So pulling a lot of focus
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and attention off of the other line or other
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members of the line so that way they could get
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there. And then when he was not in there, their
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pressure rate dropped to 20%. So Trey Hendrickson
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adds a lot of value even if he's not putting
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up the numbers. We kind of talked about that
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before with your really dynamic defensive players
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and pass rushers. Micah Parsons. Max Crosby,
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even if they're not getting the numbers, they're
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drawing that attention to free up Europe. your
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other players to actually succeed. And we saw
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that out of the gates. And then playing a bunch
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of zone is really good for confusing young quarterbacks.
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I'd be interested to see how Tyler Shuck continues
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to play, grow and develop as he's going against
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a heavy zone team like that. Like I said, I love
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Shuck. I think he's a future franchise or he's
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a franchise quarterback for the Saints for the
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future. But I'm I'm Ravens. I'm taking you don't
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need a double digit win. Yeah. You don't need
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to see a whole other season from Shuck. No. Yeah,
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you're sold. That's it. No, I wanted Shuck last
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year as a rookie, and then I drafted him, but
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had to drop him in order to make roster space
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because of IR rules and whatever, and I couldn't
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pick him back up. But then within Dynasty, he
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dropped again. I was like, this is my priority
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pick for my Dynasty for the future. There are
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a few players away, I think. Next year, that's
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the Saints. Yeah, but Olave and Vele together.
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I mean, Tyson is injured right now. When he comes
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back, that's going to be a very threatening three.
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For sure. Let's move into our final game of the
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week to the most important one. You already know
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if you're on the show. Did we all start? You
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haven't started with one yet, have you? I don't
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know. Or did you not start with four? I haven't
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started. Oh, perfect. You start with this one.
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I get to start? Yeah. Oh, boy. I mean, we already
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talked about how crazy and off the chains B -Flow
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was with his defensive play calling. Blitzing
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80 % of the time, getting pressure like 72 plus.
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on green Bay. Uh, he's definitely, I think he's
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starting with the light. I think that he's going
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to continue to do that, uh, against Caleb Williams.
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The challenge is going to be, is Caleb going
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to be able to get the ball out of his hands quick
24:10
enough, or is he going to be able to escape and
24:13
elude the pressure? Um, but yeah, I'm, I'm way
24:23
to spoil it. Sorry. Damn. Yeah. I am picking
24:26
the bears to win. And I think really a lot of
24:30
it has to do more with their running game with
24:33
Swift and Menungai. I talked about it last year.
24:37
I was banging the drum. You're a big Menungai
24:38
fan. Both went over 100, didn't they, last week?
24:42
That's a problem. Yeah, and I think that Ben
24:46
Johnson will continue to play call. He's going
24:49
to get the ball out of Caleb's hands. He's probably
24:51
going to have him do a bunch of... bootlegs,
24:55
kind of get them out of the pocket, try to avoid
24:57
some of that pressure from B -flow, and get the
25:01
ball out and down the field. I think that Bears
25:06
offense is going to be too much for Vikings defense
25:08
to handle with the Bears at home. Bold? Absolutely.
25:17
Very bold. I don't think it's that bold. Okay.
25:20
Uh -oh. Uh -oh. I don't like any of those. Nah,
25:23
he's picking the Vikings. All right, keep going.
25:26
Give us what you got. I... What's the difference?
25:30
I'm your difference makers. I'm extremely the
25:33
Viking secondary. I'm extremely concerned about
25:35
the Viking secondary. We've talked about Metellus
25:39
before. I think he'd be great down in the box.
25:41
As soon as he leaves the box, they have to play
25:43
safety. It's concerning for me. We saw the Theo
25:47
Jackson stuff. I think Byron Murphy and Rodgers
25:52
are solid 10 yards and up. I think anything deeper
25:57
than that is a concern. and I think if Caleb
26:01
Williams can get just enough time, he's going
26:04
to absolutely torch the Vikings secondary this
26:06
week. I'm really concerned about it. If you can
26:10
get Swift in some screens, I don't know. Of course,
26:15
I'm watching the game like a fan. You know, if
26:20
you cut me right now, I'm probably going to bleed
26:21
purple and then rat and pass out. But I'm just
26:25
saying, like... I don't feel confident in this
26:29
week because of the way things were going last
26:32
week. Again, a couple things happened for the
26:34
Vikings, which changed, you know, the Rob term,
26:37
Momo, around. And to me, that just, I mean, I
26:41
get it. You know, football's four quarters, man.
26:43
You got to play all four quarters, and the Vikings
26:45
did, and they came away with a win, and that
26:47
was freaking sick. I don't think it's going to
26:49
happen this week. I think the Bears are, this
26:51
is a different Bears team, and they're. They're
26:55
going to make a run. Not, you know, into the
26:58
playoffs as well. So you're typing beers into
27:00
that? Yeah, it's down. It's down. Like squiggly
27:03
lines or something? Or maybe there's tears in
27:07
there? All right, Dom, where are you going? I
27:09
hope I'm wrong. I'm hoping wrong. Yeah, we're
27:11
hoping you aren't. Come on, smells. I know we're
27:13
dumb. Come on, man. You may put these things
27:16
on right now, man. Give it to us. Come on, man.
27:19
Stop playing with me. He's sad. I feel worried.
27:24
Dom's not worried at all. Worried? Man, we just
27:27
beat the Packers, man. This is the NFC North,
27:31
man. Barely. Barely 17 points. Man. It was. It
27:36
was. That's what the final score said. Exactly.
27:39
That's what I'm looking at. I'm excited for this
27:41
game this week. It's going to be NFC North battle.
27:43
We got to go to the Soldier Field. Got to give
27:47
it a ride. I'm going to take the Vikings. I feel
27:50
like this week. Brian Flores. Did you give Vegas?
27:53
Oh, I did not. I didn't need the Vegas. Three
27:57
and a half. Three and a half for the Bears. Right,
28:00
so home field. Yeah, home field. It's going to
28:02
be a great battle. Cale Williams looked like
28:06
he was doing his thing last week against the
28:08
Carolina Panthers. But for me, Brian Flores is
28:14
going to just keep implementing that pressure
28:16
that won't quit defense. that grit and Kevin
28:21
O 'Connell is going to dice up some with Carson
28:23
Wentz to get old gritty, gritty, bang, bang into
28:27
the end zone again. You know, we got to get Addison
28:30
in there too. You know, we didn't, he saw nothing.
28:33
Yeah. I want to see Addison do his thing. And
28:35
I mean, both Aaron Jones and Jordan Mason did
28:38
just enough in our rushing game. It doesn't look
28:41
pretty on the stats. It doesn't look pretty on
28:43
the fantasy team, but a hundred yards as a team
28:46
on the rushing side is always a good week, you
28:48
know? So. I know it's going to be scary. We're
28:51
going to be under our pillows and under our skirts
28:55
or whatever. I ain't scared. What does he be
28:59
wearing? I don't know what he's wearing. I ain't
29:03
scared. I'm scared. The old battle, the old midway.
29:08
I love all this. You scared, Rob? I've had actually
29:13
the opportunity to go to a Vikings -Bears game.
29:16
Me too. Down off Michigan Avenue. It's a great
29:22
environment. It's always a great matchup. It's
29:25
a conference game or division game. So these
29:28
games are always usually about a score or two.
29:31
Vikings definitely need to establish a running
29:34
game here. Wentz maybe with a full week of reps.
29:38
Or nine. Or nine. Nine. Calm down a little bit.
29:42
He missed a bunch of open guys last year. Bears
29:45
defense doesn't really scare me a ton. They did
29:49
give up a ton of yards and stuff to Carolina
29:52
last year. Vikings side on the defense is a really
29:56
interesting matchup. Swift, we got to slow him
29:59
down early to have a chance. But if they get
30:02
that running game going, I could see it getting
30:04
in a track meet. their wide receiver dynamic
30:09
now with now more gone they kind of had a nice
30:13
little week loveland with nothing skunked so
30:15
that'll be interesting with our double a packages
30:18
whether loveland's that craft that kind of ate
30:21
us up last week a little bit to match up But
30:25
kind of the fun interesting thing, I just pulled
30:27
up the weather. I was like, ah, Chicago, you
30:28
know, they always got crappy weather. And so
30:31
tonight's raining, tomorrow's raining, the next
30:33
day's raining. Then Friday, it opens up to beautiful
30:37
skies. But then the following day, and it's rain,
30:40
rain, and that's going to be this bears down.
30:42
They're going to lose to the Vikings by a field
30:44
goal. Ooh. I see what you did there. So it's
30:48
going to be raining, though, on game day? Game
30:50
day's a rain day. Interesting. And a fun fact
30:53
about this game is to be. Paul Allen's 500th
30:56
game commentating for the Vikings. 500. 500.
31:02
Yeah. Carry the one. Judges rule in there. Sorry.
31:05
I know. Let's go to the ball. For a second. I'm
31:08
a forklift driver for a reason. Oh, my God. That
31:15
was great. 500th game for Paul Allen. Well, that's
31:19
that. I'm apparently not a Vikings fan, and we
31:22
have completed all of our picks. Just like that.
31:24
Just like that. Boom. Boom. Dom, thanks for traveling
31:29
an hour and a half away to come see us and be
31:31
on the show tonight. I appreciate you, as always.
31:34
Roberto. Skull, baby. I'm ready for this. Another
31:38
week, too. Thanks for driving your tractor. John
31:42
Deere. John Deere. All right. Jake. Caw -caw.
31:48
Thanks for having me. No, you should have just
31:50
kept it at caw -caw. Caw -caw. Yep, that's Jake.
31:53
Yep, that's... He said bye in caw -caw. Kev?
31:58
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